We always had dogs while I was growing up and so I've always been around them. We also had a small farm and we had a variety of animals I helped care for. During that time we had 4 dogs and 3 cats. I've also had two dogs of my own. One, Gizmo, I got as a puppy I could cup in one hand. He loved doing tricks so we did lots of playtime with training mixed in. The other, Lucy, had to be reintroduced to people before she settled into being a wonderful family pet.